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‘I’m ashamed to admit I’m struggling’
I have a big pile of them now. Letters from my bank to say I have missed yet another payment
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‘There is an element of being an obsessive masochist’
Katherine Grainger is not only Britain’s most decorated female Olympian, she is now Dame Katherine. In honour of her newly-bestowed
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Neville evolution continues apace in Wales
At 7:46pm on Friday 31st August, one minute into the biggest game in his managerial career, Phil Neville nervously bites
Welsh ready for The Great British Face-Off
In the final article before tonight’s showdown between Wales and England for an automatic place in the World Cup finals,
Ward set for the mother of all games
Katie Whyatt hears how Helen Ward juggles being a mum of two with leading the Welsh attack in the fourth
Neville instils pride into Lionesses
In her latest article ahead of Friday’s showdown in Newport, The Mixed Zone’s Katie Whyatt reports from inside an England
Harding grateful to have survived life’s ups and downs
In the second of The Mixed Zone’s series of articles ahead of the World Cup showdown in Newport, Katie Whyatt
Dragon Fishlock roars loud and proud
In the first of a week-long series of interviews and reports in the build-up to one of the most eagerly-anticipated
Lee’s story inspires play within the play
Rugby League gave a young Julia Lee a sense of belonging, and so began a life-long love affair with the
Barbour’s drive brings big names to Bolesworth
The Mixed Zone’s Eleanore Kelly profiles Nina Barbour, whose entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen has established the Bolesworth International Horse
Molly the Climber aims to hit peak in Tokyo
Climbing is set to become the next upwardly mobile sport after it was given Olympic status. Nick Friend talks to
Pain and suffering in the name of sport
Sir Steve Redgrave once said that if endurance sport carried on the way it was going, women might one day
‘It’s important to shout about what we’re doing’
Tammy Parlour, co-founder of the Women’s Sports Trust, made a bold statement at the #BeAGameChanger Awards to the effect that
‘I’d like to be the first woman to win the Derby’
There will be no female jockeys in the Derby today. However, Josephine Gordon not only wants to ride in the
‘Have the media been mean to Johanna Konta?’
British tennis players, Johanna Konta and Heather Watson, have both been complaining, one more vehemently than the other, about their
The refugee who is making a difference
As a child, Nadia Nadim had to flee the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now at home playing for Manchester City, and
Greenway wants #ShowUp to target the kids
Former England netball player Tamsin Greenway is a passionate supporter of the joint Sky Sports-Women’s Sports Trust #ShowUp campaign, but
Guha excited by cricket’s chance to shine
Isa Guha has just arrived home following a stint commentating at the Indian Premier League. Since touching down, the former
‘I got off the boat feeling I could do anything’
Paralympic skiing champion Charlotte Evans is one of a growing number of athletes left staring into the abyss when their
‘I was alone, but it was strangely comforting’
Later this year, Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy will swap the velodrome for cycling on ice as he attempts to
‘It was just like being back in a hockey team’
Hannah Macleod has not rested on her laurels since winning a gold medal at the Rio Olympics. Since then the
The ice maidens who conquered Antarctica
Major Nic Wetherill tells The Mixed Zone’s Emily Victoria about achieving her long-held ambition to ski to the South Pole